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[ZAKtheGeek]

Originally Posted by Nique

Since these parts require some understanding of the original writings, as I mentioned, I'm not sure what you mean.

Maybe you could give an example and we can take it from there?

Just a couple of posts back.

Originally Posted by me

Stuff like how many sons Abraham had, how many of Arah's kids returned from Babylon (a whole bunch of issues there, really), how old Ahaziah was when he took the throne (and therefore whether he was born 2 or 22 years before his own father), David's kill count, when the floodwaters dired, the genealogy of Jesus (or Joseph if you want), some crazy army size numbers, and so on.

Granted, some of these have been shown to be erroneous accusations, but the rest (and more) are quite clearly errors, even by admission of believers.